Criminal – Habeas Corpus – Ineffective Assistance

Although petitioner’s Virginia lawyer provided constitutionally deficient counsel when he misrepresented New Jersey law by telling petitioner that “New Jersey can’t use [her] Virginia case against” her in New Jersey, and petitioner has shown the necessary prejudice under Strickland v. Washington, a Loudoun County Circuit Court nevertheless denies her habeas petition as moot.
Petitioner inquired about ...